]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media-3/feed/0It’s All About the Culturehttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/its-all-about-the-culture/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/its-all-about-the-culture/#respondWed, 15 Apr 2015 13:01:50 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=4063I have the privilege of spending a great deal of time with solo-preneurs and small business owners. I love their passion and enthusiasm, and I love their hard work ethic. If there’s one issue I see over and over in their marketing, it’s the distinct lack of “culture”. Now that’s a nice, trendy word, but... Read more »

]]>I have the privilege of spending a great deal of time with solo-preneurs and small business owners. I love their passion and enthusiasm, and I love their hard work ethic. If there’s one issue I see over and over in their marketing, it’s the distinct lack of “culture”. Now that’s a nice, trendy word, but what, exactly, does it mean in a business sense?

Culture is the Experience

When your ideal, target customer comes to your social media, what are they going to find? A long list of company sponsored images and hype about the latest sale? Excited invitations to join your business or hire you? Tales of your amazing success?

Or are they going to find a place where they feel welcome. A place where you have gone ahead and prepared a path about the things that are important to your CLIENT or your PROSPECT. Truthfully, it might have very little to do with your actual business, but it will have a great deal to do with the things your perfect clients all have in common. Your social media should feel like it was custom designed for the perfect person you want to attract into your business. It’s the culture that creates the community that leads to evangelists that make the sale.

Creating the Culture

Step 1 – Who Are You?

There are two steps to creating culture. The first is to really know yourself and what it is that fires all your rockets. Why are you in the business you’re in? What attracted you? What is it that makes you jump out of bed in the morning eager to get started? What is it about what you do that energizes you to put in all the extra hours an entrepreneur needs to invest in order to make their business work?

Then go deeper. What is it that motivates you at all? If you removed your actual business from the equation, what is it that gets you excited about life? Maybe you are jazzed by finding ways to make money appear, seemingly, from thin air, and you love the big challenges of making that happen. Maybe you’re a fighter for the underdog, and your business is a perfect platform. Maybe you are passionate about the high you get after a workout or a green smoothie, and you would continue this lifestyle with or without a business attached to it. What is it that really motivates you deep down inside?

I believe God planted a passion deep inside us for something specific, and when we’re in a place where we can exercise or live out that passion, we find an unending source of energy an inspiration. We can keep going long after the lights go out, and while we’re tired, we are deeply, deeply satisfied. This is where you and your business need to live.

When I started working through these questions I realized that the word that gets me excited is the word “potential”. I can be sitting quietly minding my own business, and then someone will come along and tell me their life is off course. They really want to do “something” but they don’t know how or what. Once that happens my brain and body kick into overdrive, and I have to whip out my tablet, open my Evernote, and start taking notes, writing ideas, drawing diagrams, and designing a plan to make things work. Before you know it you have 10 steps to success all laid out with links, resources, and explanation. It’s like an addiction. I can’t help myself. And I’m usually really good at it.

This is what I love about HotSpot Social Media – I get to do this all day, and every client is a new adventure!

Step 2 – Who is Your Client?

So many business owners don’t take the time to really understand their ideal clients. They think everyone will love their product, service, or opportunity, and they sell to a general crowd. However, if you can really understand that perfect client, and if you know exactly what rocks their socks you can create an online presence that makes them feel like you’re calling their name; like you’ve been waiting just for them, all along.

You first of all need to know the demographics of your market – age, race, education, location, gender, etc. Then you need to go deeper and wider. Here’s an exercise that will help you do that:

Ask yourself:

What does my ideal client do in addition to whatever it is they do when they need my products or services? For example, I, personally, need to know what my target market is doing when they’re not running their business.

Are they hanging out with their family?

Traveling the world?

Rescuing puppies?

What does my target market read?

Do they read fashion magazines?

National Geographic?

Do they read books, and if so, what kinds?

What do they wear?

Are they in business attire most of the time?

Are they fans of places like Lululemon?

Are they experts at thrift stores and second hand?

What do they eat?

Are they health conscious?

Fast-food junkies?

Vegans?

Where do they live?

Are they in one area or are they global?

Do they live in large mansions

Do they RV 6 months of the year?

What do they listen to?

Audio books?

Music?

Podcasts?

What do they watch?

Do they go to the movies?

Theatre?

What pages on Facebook do they avidly follow?

If you’re not sure go to a handful of your very favourite clients and ask them these questions, or simply spy on them on social media. You can learn a lot about people just by reading their feeds! Get as much detail as possible, and find out as many places as you can where these answers overlap. If other questions occur to you or if answers spark other ideas, write these down and include them in your research.

Ok now that you have this information you need to go to Facebook and seek out the pages that serve these various needs and passions of your clients. For instance, let’s say you’re a fitness instructor and your target market seems to love hip-hop music, smoothies, casual clothing, Timothy Ferriss. and Game of Thrones

Here’s what you do next:

Find out who the most popular hip-hop artists are

Research blenders, protein powders and smoothie recipes

Find out who supplies casual clothing

Track down Timothy Ferriss’ online hangouts

Check out Game of Thrones

Once you know this information you need to go to and “like” those Facebook pages, sign up for newsletters from these businesses or people, read their blogs and get a feel for the culture of these groups. What kind of language do they use? What sorts of posts do they share? What are the themes that keep cropping up?

Finally, once you get a good feel for this you need to ask yourself how your product or service can fit into this culture without jarring, and while maintaining a social feel

Start creating non-promotional posts that speak to this culture in a way that does not clash with who you are. Test these on your FB page and see what kinds of things get a reaction. Use their favourite verbs and expressions, but make sure they’re ones you would also likely use as well.

What you’re doing here is using this information to create a place where your ideal client would feel comfortable and at home while still being your authentic self. You want to invite them into the living room of your onine presence and have a real conversation with them. The key here is to not try to become someone you’re not for the sake of the sale. Find places where the two of you meet in a truly authentic way. Create a culture on your page that makes them look out for you. They need to want what you offer even if they never buy. If they love you, they’ll share your page with friends and family who are also like them, and those ones probably will buy!

Does this make sense to you? If you have questions or concerns, please post them in the comments and let’s see if we can work together to move you and your business forward! I’d love to help!

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/its-all-about-the-culture/feed/0Small and Narrowhttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/small-and-narrow/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/small-and-narrow/#respondMon, 06 Apr 2015 12:33:24 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=4027Many of the small business owners I’ve spoken to lately have a similar problem to me. When asked “What do you have to offer?” they have a long and lovely list of things they can offer and/or do. And they want the very best for these people so they blurt out the whole list. However, their enthusiasm and their choice... Read more »

]]>Many of the small business owners I’ve spoken to lately have a similar problem to me. When asked “What do you have to offer?” they have a long and lovely list of things they can offer and/or do. And they want the very best for these people so they blurt out the whole list. However, their enthusiasm and their choice overload probably just cost them their client.

Instead, go small and narrow.

I’ve been learning this the hard way. As a social media company we can offer you anything from a simple coaching session to a full blown, fully managed social media plan. The problem with this is you can’t market all of that well, and you easily lose clients in an onslaught of choice they can no longer navigate.

At one point in December of last year the lightbulb finally went on for me. I pushed aside all the amazing things I can do for you, and focused on one thing: Social Media in a Box. First of all, it’s very easy to market. Many people and organizations are looking for a clear introduction to how social media works. I offer them that through my introductory live seminar or onine webinar called “9 Ways to Stop Shooting Yourself in Your Social Media Foot“. This teaching gives a solid foundation for a good social media strategy, and then leads people right into the Social Media in a Box offering.

Small and Narrow

Now some folks will be beyond that. No problem. A quick, properly prepared, 15 minute conversation on the phone will tell me that, and I can offer them whatever they really need.

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/small-and-narrow/feed/0A Business Spring Cleanhttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/a-business-spring-clean/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/a-business-spring-clean/#respondMon, 30 Mar 2015 14:06:51 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=4044Every month I set aside one week to put my head down and work uninterrupted. I book no appointments, no events, no meetings. That week has arrived. In fact this month I get two weeks. Last week was a chance to wrap up a dozen little niggly things, and this week is all about preparing... Read more »

]]>Every month I set aside one week to put my head down and work uninterrupted. I book no appointments, no events, no meetings.

That week has arrived. In fact this month I get two weeks. Last week was a chance to wrap up a dozen little niggly things, and this week is all about preparing my next quarter.

Q1 for my business was crazy busy, very profitable, and somewhat chaotic. Now that the dust has settled, I’m clearing the boards, tossing most of my original plans for this next quarter, and spending a serious chunk of time just sitting quietly, thinking, praying, researching, thinking and praying some more.

I have lots of great ideas (too many) and a seriously bloated opinion of my ability to accomplish miraculous and Herculean tasks on a daily basis. I’m thinking I need to scale back pretty seriously, but I need to do that intelligently, too!

I have some fun ideas up my sleeve:

Better automation where necessary so that my personal presence in any task or meeting comes when it needs to, how it needs to, in order to best serve those who truly want to work with me.

Better systems to plan and organize my day and the routines and processes of my business.

Fun projects to discover exactly what my target market is looking for, and in the exact way they want it delivered.

Scheduling my days/weeks/months in order to have room for emergencies and last minute problems and issues that come up, without needing to sacrifice health, sanity or family.

A good Spring clean also means actually cleaning my office, my inbox, clearing off my desk, and cleaning out some of my files. I’m quite excited to get started!

It’s hard for me to not go overboard, but I’m learning. It’s not about being busy, it’s about being balanced. I need time for myself, time for my clients, time for my family. I’m not shooting for perfect, I’m shooting for better. In 3 months time, we’ll reassess!

Do you do any type of Spring Clean or reassessment in your business? What kinds of things do you do to make it happen?

Darlene

PS – and somewhat off topic, have you checked out my FREE LinkedIn webinar? Click the image below!

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/a-business-spring-clean/feed/0This Week in Social Mediahttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media-2/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media-2/#respondFri, 27 Mar 2015 11:39:11 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=4022So, here are thing things going on in the social media world this week! What’s new and changing? F8: Facebook Unveils Messenger Platform, Businesses on Messenger Instagram Launches Layout: How Marketers Will Use the New App Social Media Marketing: 5 Reasons Why Every Business Must Embrace Social Media [INFOGRAPHIC] Why You Should Be Building Trust,... Read more »

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media-2/feed/0How Your Email Address Reflects Your Professionalismhttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/how-your-email-address-reflects-your-professionalism/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/how-your-email-address-reflects-your-professionalism/#respondWed, 25 Mar 2015 21:07:13 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=4016I’m pretty passionate about good follow up. I don’t always get it right, but it’s one of my priorities. What’s interesting to me, when I sit down with a new stack of business cards, is seeing the kind of email addresses people use. What horrifies me is when I see business owners hand me a... Read more »

]]>I’m pretty passionate about good follow up. I don’t always get it right, but it’s one of my priorities.

What’s interesting to me, when I sit down with a new stack of business cards, is seeing the kind of email addresses people use. What horrifies me is when I see business owners hand me a card with a hotmail address, or (heaven help us!) an aol address. Gmail is a step up – unless your address is something like “JohnSmith1976@gmail.com” or some other number combination at the end (which begs the questions, “is that when he set this up? Is that when he was born?”), but at the end of the day, the question you need to ask yourself is how does my email address reflect the professionalism of my business? Does a hotmail address look like it belongs to someone who’s committed to what they’re doing for the long haul? Or a how about those business email addresses that have a silly prefix like “hotstuff497@gmail.com” (you wouldn’t believe what I’ve seen on business cards!)

Another problem is when your business address is attached to a service provider like Shaw, or Telus, or Bell. Strange things can happen – those conglomerates can go out of business, or worse, they can choose new policies that lock you into something you don’t want, simply because you “can’t” change your email address.

If you’re going to be in business, your email address needs to be as professional as you are. It needs to be there for the long haul, whether you move, your provider disappears, or your direct selling business goes out of business.

The truth is, people get a little panicky about changing their email addresses as they have all their contacts attached to it. This can be easily solved:

A month before you leave your current provider create your new email address and set up an email client that takes both, or all of your emails, if you have more than the two addresses. I use – and LOVE – Gmail for this. I have 6 email addresses all coming into that account, including two for my business, and it works beautifully.

Set up an automatic response in your current email that you’re changing your email (a quick Google search will help you find the information you need to do this). Have this email share your new address and ask the person emailing you to update their contact file with your new email address.

Put a note in your signature file that draws attention to your new email address.

When people write to you using your old email address reply to them with your new email address by changing the “from” address in your outgoing email.

You can also think of this as a perfect opportunity to go through all those things you subscribe to and decide if it’s worth changing your email address in their system to continue to receive their emails!

What if you run a direct selling business or network marketing business where you don’t have your own URL? You have two options here:

Purchase a suitable domain name from GoDaddy or some other domain sitesite (beautifulskin.com, nontoxiclifestyle.com, neverenoughbling.com, for example) and redirect it to the replicated website for your business. Once you purchase the domain name you can then create email addresses from it.

Purchase your own name as a domain name and either re-direct it to your site or to a site you create with about.me or flavors.me that talks about who you are and what you do, and then create a matching email address. You can see how I did this with my flavors.me page. I redirected my name URL to it: DarleneHull.com and I have the email address: darlene “at” darlenehull.com to go with it.

So, I’m going to challenge you. If you have a business address that is anything other than YourName@YourBusiness.com start now to make the changes. The sooner the better.

At the end of the day, you’re either in business, or you’re not, right?

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/how-your-email-address-reflects-your-professionalism/feed/0Modern Productivityhttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/productivity/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/productivity/#respondMon, 23 Mar 2015 13:12:26 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=3993I had fun this weekend learning a few things about modern productivity; one of my favourite topics (and often – though I hate to admit it – one of my biggest time-wasting addictions…) I taught an “introduction to social media” workshop last week for a group of small business owners, and as a thank you... Read more »

]]>I had fun this weekend learning a few things about modern productivity; one of my favourite topics (and often – though I hate to admit it – one of my biggest time-wasting addictions…)

I taught an “introduction to social media” workshop last week for a group of small business owners, and as a thank you I received a generous gift card to Chapters. Hard to beat that! I absolutely love to read! I was able to get myself a nice selection of books:

Even better, because I’d spent $100, they gave me another $20 gift card. Man, it’s like Christmas here!

I had decided that after a crazy week of 3 workshops, 1 webinar, a full-morning client meeting, and an afternoon strategy session with a non-profit, I had earned the weekend off, so I jumped right into the first book: The 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary Productivity. As I mentioned, I love to waste significant amounts of time learning about and experimenting with anything that has to do with modern productivity. One day it will pay off, I’m sure!

What was interesting in this book (I’m half way through…) was the statement at the beginning about how decisions used to be made in a linear fashion. We lived in an industrial age, we simplified by creating a linear system to get things done more quickly – assembly line fashion. If production was slow you just tightened up different steps in the process, and you were good to go.

Now decisions are no longer linear. Each project and task has so many parts and pieces affecting it, and so many interruptions around it, that we can no longer think in a linear fashion.

I had a kind of epiphany when I read that because I find that everytime I try to set something up in my business, 12 other things are affected by the choices I make.

No wonder we’re tired! No wonder we need more than one head to sort things out! It certainly makes buiding your team a greater challenge because you need different kinds of thinkers in the group to catch all the holes in the plan.

And it explains why going solo is not a great idea.

I’m grateful for a husband who sees everything from 40,000 feet and can catch all those problematic areas before they bring down my business. I’m even more grateful that I’ve learned to listen to him over the years (it took a while!)

The book – published by Franklin Covey – goes on to explain different tools that will help us make the best use of our time and energy, and how to set healthy boundaries to make the day less stressful. According to the book, if I’m to master modern productivity, the five choices I need to make are:

Quadrant I: Quadrant of Necessity. Urgent and important matters. Crises, pressing problems, deadline-driven projects. These are things we have and we have to do.

Quadrant II: Quadrant of Quality and Personal Leadership. Non-urgent but important matters.

Relationship building, planning, recognizing new opportunities, improvements to your workplace, exercise, recreation. These are things that needs to be done but we don’t do it because it is not urgent.

>Quadrant III: Quadrant of Deception. Urgent but not important things like phone calls, email, interruptions, popular matters, some meetings. Obviously, these things are not important and most people are deceived into doing these.

Quadrant IV: Quadrant of Waste. Non-urgent and non-important matters. This includes trivia, spam, time wasters, distractions, non-productive activities.Totally a waste of time if you do these things.
The timing is perfect because I’ve taken the last week of March off to get my next quarter squared up. This book will help me ask the right questions to make sure I’m not over-planning (a common problem for me) or wasting time chasing shiny objects…

Are you finding this in your business? How are you coping with it? Any tips and tricks to share with the rest of us?

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/productivity/feed/0LinkedIn Power Profileshttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/linkedin-power-profiles/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/linkedin-power-profiles/#respondWed, 18 Mar 2015 17:52:16 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=3978My blog is a little late today because I wanted to offer you something special! I have a great little video that I just created called LinkedIn Power Profiles. This past week many people have asked me how to get good traction from LinkedIn. Last week I had the privilege of teaching a group of... Read more »

]]>My blog is a little late today because I wanted to offer you something special! I have a great little video that I just created called LinkedIn Power Profiles.

This past week many people have asked me how to get good traction from LinkedIn. Last week I had the privilege of teaching a group of General Managers from Staples.ca about using LinkedIn to build their businesses, and so, as I have all the information fresh and handy, I thought I’d record a quick 45 minute webinar for you about how to use LinkedIn to build your business.

This video walks you through how to set up your profile for best results, and then how to start marketing to your target market through LinkedIn using that polished up profile!

The webinar is free, and there’s no sales pitch, but I’m taking it down for good on Friday, April 3, so don’t take too long deciding!

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/linkedin-power-profiles/feed/0It’s Monday Morning – Are You Productive?http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/monday-morning-productive/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/monday-morning-productive/#respondMon, 16 Mar 2015 12:52:30 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=3968Is your Monday morning productive? For many, Monday is the worst day of the week. They sleep in on the weekend, get to bed late, and wake up Monday morning without a real focus or clear goals and no tools to be productive. I’m part of the weird set that loves Mondays. This past week has... Read more »

]]>Is your Monday morning productive? For many, Monday is the worst day of the week. They sleep in on the weekend, get to bed late, and wake up Monday morning without a real focus or clear goals and no tools to be productive.

I’m part of the weird set that loves Mondays. This past week has been rough as I’ve been fighting my alarm clock which rings through my phone speakers even when I’m wearing headphones, waking my husband (an insomniac) and totally messing with my morning system. I finally figured out the problem this morning, so the rest of the week should be fine. Whew!

To make my Monday morning productive I have a pretty set schedule for my day, and it’s heavily run by technology, so when technology screws up, I can get pretty lost. I have ADD so I also have pretty serious “shiny object syndrome”, so I need all the help I can get staying on task.

My current favourite to-do app is Trellowhich allows me to have different boards for different areas of my life (menu planning, business team tasks, personal to-do, etc) and I get to choose funky backgrounds and put motivational images on each of my lists. It makes my Monday morning productive by allowing me to see at a glance what’s up, what’s next, and what’s done. You can get an overview here:

I’m one of those people who gets terrific satisfaction out of checking things off, adding stickers to tasks completed, etc., so Trello is a fun and useful tool for me. It holds my big goals, my current goals (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) and then gets as small as step-by-step lists for everything that needs to get done. It’s colour coordinated, sorted by topic, and I can see at a glance how well I’m doing with all of my tasks. Pretty awesome. If you check it out and decide to go for it, I’d love you to use my link here: Trelloas it gives me the gold version for free for a month if you do!

Trello isn’t my only piece of technology. To make Monday morning productive I love to use technology to keep me focused, on track, and productive. I get excited Monday mornings thinking about all the fun things I get to tackle throughout the week, and because I have systems that guide me through, I pretty much have everything tracked without needing to panic, look for lost pieces to the task at hand (we’re fully digital so all pieces are attached to the task in Trello) and I never have to worry about what to do next.

How to Make Monday Morning Productive

Here’s an idea of what a “home” day looks like – and Mondays and Tuesdays are ALWAYS home days, and I try for Wednesdays as well. I get a shocking amount of work done on “home” days:

I’m not one of those people who handles an alarm clock very well. They make me incredibly grumpy, and trust me, you don’t want that. So I have this non-invasive system where 45 minutes before I need to get up a lovely, gentle, brain wave entrainement recording starts playing. It’s soothing ocean sounds and gentle gongs played over isochronic and binaural brainwave technology called “Holosync“. After 30 minutes the track changes to a similar, 15 minute, gentle, ocean waves recording that slowly brings me into an alert waking state. This recording stops at the time I’m supposed to be getting up, and a gentle tone starts playing so I realize it’s time to move, but by then I’m already awake. It’s a delicious, healing way to start the day. Morning starts for me a 4:20 – that’s when I actually get out of bed. (You can see now why I get totally thrown off if I have to jump up and turn off the speakers on my phone at the beginning of this routine. It totally throws off the system, wakes me up fully, but too early, and I’m buzzed and scattered before my day begins!)

I get up, get my water, and Google Now reminds me of the newest addition/change to my fitness routine. I start up my computer, check my day’s events on myGoogle Calendar, skim quickly through my Gmail to make sure there are no emergencies, and check my daily to-do list on Trello*. At 4:45 I whip up a protein shake, swallow my vitamins, go down to the basement, do my 4-minute workout with my Gymboss app, go to the treadmill, and start my audio book, plug in my headphones, turn on my Blu Light, and start the treadmill and my Nike Run app and do my walking workout.

When I come up at 5:45 it’s another glass of water, my blog writing, setting up my first priority project, and I get to work. At 8:00 I am reminded by my phone alarm that I need to now get dressed, do my general tidying, and then follow my housekeeping app for today’s chores. Breakfast (a fruit/protein smoothie) is at 8:50 and I’m back at my desk by 9:00 with another glass of water and a cup of tea.

Throughout the day I have calendar alerts, alarms, and apps that I integrate with to get my tasks done. My work is social media,and I am completely handicapped when it comes to handling paper, so we are a totally paperless company. I spend my whole day with technology: Google Drive, Google Calendar, Evernote*, a Pomodoro Timer so I don’t sit still too long and to keep me at my highest focus level. I take Brain Gym breaks using a YouTube video, and I work to specialized music either from Focus@Willor with another Holosync recording if I have high detail work.I don’t answer the phone unless it’s a client. I have a message on my phone that lets people know I’ll call them back at 11am and 4pm. Introductory/exploratory calls from networking connections, and other people who want to find out more about what we offer or how we can work together are booked through Time Trade that requires a set of questions to be answered before the call so that our time together is useful and beneficial to both sides. I shut down Facebook (unless I’m actually working on Facebook) and any chat functions on my computer so I’m undisturbed.

Lunchtime is at 11:30 (by now I’ve put in 7 hour day) which is usually lunch accompanied by a TV show episode with whichever child is home, a 30 minute nap with a my Yantra Acupressure Mat* and a meditation recording based on my goals – and often in German to keep up my language skills. When my nap is done I’m off for a quick walk outside either with a friend or with my Pray-As-You-Go recording. I’m back in my office by 2:00pm and work until 4:30 or 5:00 when I start dinner. I tend to keep my evenings free for family time whenever possible.

Bedtime starts at 8:00pm where I read my current book from my tablet, plug in all my technology, strap on my sleepphones, check in on my morning alarms, turn on my bedtime playlist consisting of three holosync recordings to lull me to sleep, start my sleep tracker, pull on my Nikken sleep mask (got a really good deal on mine!), and fall – fairly instantly – to sleep. A productive day is complete!

This kind of extreme productivity fires off all my rockets, especially when powered through by technology. I absolutely love it when the day runs through on schedule and when it’s done, I’m satisfied and feeling accomplished. I think I love the system as much as I love the work.

How about you? How do you cope with Mondays and the new week ahead? Is there another piece of technology I should take a look at (heaven help us)? Where do you struggle the most with your Monday mornings? I’d love to have you join in on the conversation!

]]>http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/monday-morning-productive/feed/0This Week in Social Mediahttp://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media/
http://hotspotsocialmedia.com/this-week-in-social-media/#respondFri, 13 Mar 2015 14:01:18 +0000http://hotspot.flywheelsites.com/?p=3960Social media changes faster than Calgary’s weather. It’s hard, even for me, to keep up with what’s going on. So I thought I’d gather any social media news together once a week to help us all stay caught up so we can do our very best at getting the word out there about our business!... Read more »

]]>Social media changes faster than Calgary’s weather. It’s hard, even for me, to keep up with what’s going on. So I thought I’d gather any social media news together once a week to help us all stay caught up so we can do our very best at getting the word out there about our business! Fun stuff: